olla jonkun mieleen
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Finnish[edit]
Verb[edit]
- (idiomatic) to be to someone's liking
Conjugation[edit]
See olla. jonkun stands for "someone", which is inflected in the genitive case. If the person is expressed by using a personal pronoun, mieleen receives a possessive suffix, and the pronoun can then be dropped if it is a first-person or second-person pronoun; see Appendix:Finnish possessive suffixes § Verb phrases for more:
| possessor | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | mieleeni | mieleemme |
| 2nd person | mieleesi | mieleenne |
| 3rd person | mieleensä | |